Improvement in fabrics for dress-protectors



J. McMULLEN.

Fabric for Dress-Protectors, &c.

No. 137,311, PatentgdAprilLhBTS.

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JAMES MGMULLEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FABRICS FOR DRESS-PROTECIO RS, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,311, dated April 1,1873; application filed February 4, 1873.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JAMES MGMULLEN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Dress-Protectors and I do hereby declare the followingito be a full,clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing which forms part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention relates to the production of a new article ofmanufacture to be used as a protector for the bottoms of dresses, aswill'be more fully described hereafter.

Figure 1 shows a section of a skirt having my protector applied to itslower edge. Fig. 2 is a sectional view. of the same.

Itake scraps of leather, ground up and mixed with Manila, jiite, or hempfiber, and reduced to a pulp, and made inthe form of paper. One

side is then japanned and the article softened to a proper consistencyby treatingit with glycerine and water, after which it is subjected to abath of benzine and parafiine, so as. to make it water-proof. It is thenpassed through suitable machinery for embossing, cutting in suitablewidths, turning the edges, and binding the same, when it is ready foruse.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a waterproof fabric composed of leatherscrap and Manila or other vegetable fiber japanned and renderedimpervious, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this3d day of February, 1873.

. JAMES MoMULLEN. Witnesses: DUDLEYBET S, JOSEPH G. BARNEY.

